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Intraoperative Flap Complications in LASIK Surgery Performed by Ophthalmology Residents by Arturo Ramirez-Miranda; Lorena Romero-Diaz-de-Leon; JuanCarlos Serna-Ojeda; Alejandro Navas; EnriqueO Graue-Hernández is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Purpose: To report the rate of flap-related complications in LASIK surgery performed by in-training ophthalmology residents and to analyze the risk factors for these complications. ## Methods: We analyzed 273 flap dissections in 145 patients from March 2013 to February 2014. We included all LASIK surgeries performed by 32 ophthalmology residents using a Moria M2 microkeratome. All the flap-related complications were noted. Comparison between both groups with and without complications was performed with an independent Student's __t__-test and relative risks were calculated. ## Results: There were 19 flap-related complications out of the 273 flap dissections (6.95%). The most common complication was incomplete flap dissection (__n__ = 10; 3.66%), followed by free-cap (__n__ = 5; 1.83%), and flap-buttonhole (__n__ = 2; 0.73%). There was no significant difference between the complicated and uncomplicated cases in terms of the right versus the left eye, pachymetry results, white-to-white diameter, and spherical equivalent. But this difference was significant for mean keratometry (__P__ = 0.008), K-min (__P__ = 0.01), and K-max (__P__ = 0.03) between these groups. Final visual acuity

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Author

Arturo Ramirez-Miranda; Lorena Romero-Diaz-de-Leon; JuanCarlos Serna-Ojeda; Alejandro Navas; EnriqueO Graue-Hernández

Published

2016

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)